The Dillon tribune., 1887-10-28
LLoN BEAvERHEAD COUNTY, FRIDAY OCTOBER 49, 1887
GLEANINGs FROM THE ROCKIES.
Events Transpiring in Our sister States
and Territories.

Events Transpiring in Our sister States
and Territories.
Princess Sarah Winnemucca's husband
died at Lovelooks, Nevada, on the 10TH.
Work on the Marysville, Gala, levees is
now completed 1t completely en;ircles
the city.
1t is now promised that the Denver and
Rio Grande railroad will be in Ouray by
next Christmas.
The Dassonvilles, on trial at Nevada
City, Gala, fc: the murder OF banker Rich.
ards, have been acquitted.
Al Gibbonville, Idaho on the 13th Har-
ry Stein married Miss Annie Fahey, Judge
Elder tying the matrimonial knot.
VIM. Fletcher, who precipjtated the late
run on the Carbonate National Bank of
Leadville, Colo, has been pronounced in.
sane.
On the 1pth inst at Los Angeles, Gala,
tract Of a77 acres in the southern limits
Of the city was sold for 5000 500, or $3,5oo
per acre.
A new source Of coal supply for Denver
is now being opened in the Canyon City
coal company's mines, at Spring Gulch,
Colorado.
Otto Foss, small boy living at Spokane
Falls, threw giant powder cap into the
fire the other da, and lost his thumb and
finger by it.
The Cheyenne (Wyo) Sur says the c.
and B. track is being laid at the rate Of
thrt !: miles per day, and will reach Chey-
enne by November ,st.
Ex.sneriff Furey, Of Alturas county,
Idaho, is being sued by that county for
$s,6SS.4o, said to have been obtained on
excessive mileage and board accounts.
On the 10Th, near Milford, Gala, Miss
Belle Loomis was drowned in the reservoir
that supplies the mills Of Susanville. Miss
Loomis was about twenty years old.
The Grand Lodge I. O. o. F. Of Wyo.
ming met last week at Cheyenne. The
report shows sixteen lodges in that Terri.
tory, with membership Of 531 members
in good standing.
! A new paper, the Star Of Idaho, has
just been started at Moscow, Idaho, by a
Brown. It all righs for Brown or a
Jones to start newspaper, but where in
the devil is Moscow.
A young man named Fuller was found
dead on the Alamo at Colorado Springs,
Colo, on the 10Th with All empty la,,danum
vial in his pocket. He had been drinking
heavily and had probably suicided.
Fl In San Francisco, on Monday, the sui.
eide Of Henry Benhayon, brother. in. law
Of Dr. Milton Bowers, now under sentence
of death for poisoning his wife two years
ago. has resulted in sensational develop.
ments. Benhayon, it is stated, left a letter
addressed to the Coroner, In which he.
Benhayon, confesses that he administered
poison to his sister, Mrs. Bowers, for the
purpose of obtaining the insurance on her
life, and exonerated Bowers from any con-
nection with the crime.
The way Portland, Oregon, received its
name was this: The late frank W. Petty
grove, the founder OF Portland, was run.
ming general merchandise store at Ore.
f gon City, in 1913, when he received from
John p. Overton, pioneer, an offer 10 sell
him tract Of 60 acres Of wild land for
$50 worth of goods from the store. Mr.
Pettybone went down the river in an In
dian canoe, found that the land bordcrcd
on deep water, and then, in conjunction
with his partner, y. l.. Lovejoy, accented
the OTTER. The store keepers decided To
start city on their land. pcttygrove was
q Maine man and wanted it called Port.
land Loveioy came from Massachusetts
and wanted it called Boston. They sub
mit'cd their rivalry TO the tossing O, Il cent
and pet,igrovc won. And the.., is the
city o: Portland TODAY. its ccn.ra! portion
on The h|oa@rc tract.